I’m a second-year PhD student in Department of Computer Science NC State, supervised by Prof. Qiao Jin. Previously, I’m a second-year M.Eng. student in the Graduated School of Creative Science and Engineering @Waseda University, Tokyo, supervised by Prof. Hiroyasu Iwata (English Program). I also spend my time as a research assistant at @HNU, supervised by Zhen Guo, and at @HFUT, supervised by Juan Xu. I also interned at Huawei and Ghelia, focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction, particularly the development of VR/AR interaction systems.

Research Interests: My current research interests primarily lie in human-centered computing, AR/VR, Sensor technology and the field of accessibility. Right now I am very interested in integrating combine LLM with embodied agent which we called Embodied AI agent, I want to explore the potential of embodied artificial intelligence in virtual reality environments. My past work has mainly focused on the application of artificial intelligence algorithms and the development of human-computer interaction systems.

🔥 News

  • 2025.07:  🎉 🎉 One Paper has been accepted by VL/HCC 2025, see you in raleigh.
  • 2023.08:  📢 📢 I am actively seeking PhD positions for 2024. If you have any vacancies, please feel free to contact me!

📝 Publications

Peer Reviewd

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2023.12.01 Graduate School Fellowship, Waseda University.
  • 2023.09.01 A Travel Award, Waseda University.
  • 2022.05.03 Best Undergraduate Graduation Thesis, Hefei University of Technology.
  • 2022.01.02 Ungraduate School Fellowship, Hefei University of Technology.
  • 2021.06.02 Best Collaboration Award, DEFCON 25th CTF Hacking Competition World Final.
  • 2021.03.02 Provincial Third Prize, College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

📖 Educations

  • 2022.09 - 2023.12 (now), Human Computer Interaction & Robotics, Waseda University.
  • 2018.08 - 2022.06, Computer Science & AI Application, Hefei University of Techology.

💬 Presentation

* presenting author, + mentored undergraduate

Conference Presentation

  • 2023.08, X. Yang*, Y. Zhan, Y. Iwasaki, M. Shi, S. Tang and H. Iwata+. 2023. Balancing Real-world Interaction and VR Immersion with AI Vision Robotic Arm. Oral presentation: ICMA2023, Haerbin, China
  • 2022.07, X. Yang*, et al. 2018. Botnet Detection Based on Machine Learning. Oral presentation: ICBCTIS2022, Huaihua, China.
  • 2022.07, S. Zhao+, X.Yang* et al. Image Retrieval Based on Blockchain. Oral presentation: ICBCTIS2022, Huaihua, China.
  • 2021.12, C. Lin, S. Chen, X. Yang*, C. Li, C. Qu and Q. Chen+. 2021. Research and Application of Knowledge Graph Technology for Intelligent Question Answering. Oral presentation: PAAP2021, Xi’an, China.
  • 2021.10 Deng, X., Zhou, H., Yang, X.*, Ye, C+ (2021). Short-Term Traffic Condition Prediction Based on Multi-source Data Fusion. Oral presentation: DMBD2021, Guangzhou, China.
  • 2021.08, Xiaoran Yang*. 2022. Research on Automatic Composition Based on Multiple Machine Learning Models. Oral presentation: AIAM2021, New York, United States.

💻 Internships

  • Ghelia Technology, AI Engineering & HCI Researcher
    2023.09 - present, Tokyo Japan.
  • Huawei Technology, AI Engineering & HCI Researcher
    2021.06 - 2021.10, Shanghai China.